The more money you have the more emissions you create

A new study compiled by Oxfam has dispelled the belief that emerging nations are largely responsible for high emissions. The paper identifies that those who are richer actually create more carbon emissions than those who are poorer.

The world’s richest ten per cent were found to produce over half of all global emissions. This was mainly from the burning of fossil fuels, coal and gas. Rich and developing nations continue to be divided on how to grapple with the ‘sharing’ of responsibility towards carbon emissions.